SaberCats beat Rattlers, 66-26, for ninth straight victory
June 17, 2007 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
San Jose SaberCats News Release
SAN JOSE, Calif. (June 16, 2007) - Mark Grieb threw six touchdown passes and the SaberCats held the Arizona Rattlers to six second half points posting their 9th straight win with a 66-26 win on Saturday in an Arena Football League game.
San Jose (12-3) got an interception from Steve Watson on the game's first offensive play and Matt Kinsinger scored on a 2-yard pass five plays later for a 7-0 lead just over three and a half minutes into the contest.
The SaberCats won their 14th straight regular season home game matching their own record for the second-most in AFL history.
The Rattlers (4-12), playing without Sherdrick Bonner and Bo Kelly, stayed close in the first quarter behind a pair of scoring passes from Chris Sanders, who completed 22-of-49 attempts for 252 yards.
Kinsinger and Brian Johnson scored on 1-yard runs, Grieb tossed a 23-yard touchdown pass to Rodney Wright and A.J. Haglund booted a 22-yard field goal as the SaberCats outscored Arizona 24-7 in the second quarter to take a 38-20 halftime lead.
Grieb completed 21-of-28 attempts for 239 yards with no interceptions. James Roe caught nine passes for 106 yards and four scores setting team season records in receptions and touchdowns.
San Jose forced a turnover on downs and intercepted a pair of passes on the Rattlers final three possessions to hold Arizona to a season-low point total. Omarr Smith returned a pick 36-yards for a score early in the fourth quarter and Clevan Thomas snared his 40th career pick on the ensuing possession.
The SaberCats posted their fifth straight win over the Rattlers and improved to 58-8 all-time when scoring 60-or-more points in a regular season game.
NOTES:
Mark Grieb tossed his 99th scoring pass of the season and reached the 32,000 level in career pass yards...James Roe caught his 200th career touchdown pass and posted his 650th career reception and set team season records with 124 receptions and 39 TD catches...A.J. Haglund set an AFL record by making 118 PATs on the year, breaking Carlos Martinez' 2006 record of 117...Omarr Smith had his 8th career INT return for a TD (7 with San Jose) and recorded his 70th career PBU and 100th assisted tackle...Clevan Thomas tallied his 90th career PBU and intercepted his 40th career pass...Brian Johnson moved into sole possession of 5th in team career rush attempts and scored his 25th career rush TD...The SaberCats improved to 58-8 when scoring 60 or more points in a game and became the 1st American Conference team to go 8-0 at home in a season.
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